Cotts was asked to protect a 3-2 lead with the bases loaded and one out in the seventh inning. He lost the lead on a single by Robinson Cano but retired the next two hitters, Dustin Ackley and Logan Morrison, with the bases still loaded to preserve the tie.

Cotts retired the final five hitters faced, four on strikeouts, in his longest outing of the season. He got the win on a ninth-inning single by Leonys Martin.

Oakland’s Luke Gregerson and St. Louis’ Carlos Martinez also have five blown saves.

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